Nisar Majid
Biographic Data
| ID | 3700335 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nisar Majid |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nisar |
| FAMILY NAME | Majid |
| SIGNATURE | MAJID N |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Sustaining the post-agreement peace – Galkaio, Somalia
This article examines the implementation and evolution of the 2017 peace agreement in Galkaio, a divided town in central Somalia marking the border of clan and state boundaries. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and a trans-scalar peacebuilding framework, the study explores how peace has been sustained through adaptive mediation, local political agency, and the revival of customary law (xeer), rather than formal institutions or international oversig…
Somalia’s Fragmented Logics of Public Authority and Transnational Conflict
Somalia is frequently referred to for its fragmented political and territorial dispensation. The article examines the case of Jubbaland, presented as one of the fragments of public authority within the country’s wider tapestry of political order. The article shows how Jubbaland is itself an ambiguous and fragmented political entity which can also be conceived as a ‘transboundary formation’, constituted by the transborder Ogaden clan linking Ethio…
Somalia's evolving political market place
Somalia has a long history of famine and humanitarian crisis. This article focuses on the years 2008-2020, during which governance and aid practices changed substantially and which include three crisis periods. The article examines whether and how governance analysed as a political marketplace can help explain Somalia's repeated humanitarian crises and the manipulation of response. We argue that between 2008 and 2011 the political marketplace was…
Galkaio, Somalia
A better understanding of ‘local’ agreements vis-a-vis national reconciliation processes is a strong current in policy and academic circles, with Somalia acknowledged as a relevant context with a rich history of such processes. This article examines a local agreement reached in Galkaio, a divided city where renewed violence had national implications around the formation of a new Federal system. It explores the role of external mediators, and stra…
Facing famine
In 2011-12, Somalia experienced the worst famine of the twenty- first century. Since then, research on the famine has focused almost exclusively on the external response, the reasons for the delay in the international response, and the implications for international humanitarian action in the context of the "global war on terror." This paper focuses on the internal, Somali response to the famine. Themes of diversification, mobility and flexibilit…
The Livelihoods Gap
A 'livelihoods gap' has become evident in international aid delivery to Somalia. Existing aid interventions do not address the economic dynamics of vulnerability resulting from Somalia's long history of predatory development and asset stripping. To prevent poor households' regular return to sub-subsistence income levels after a brief period of plenty, this paper argues that aid agencies should reorient and expand existing interventions to assist …
The Livelihoods Gap
A 'livelihoods gap' has become evident in international aid delivery to Somalia. Existing aid interventions do not address the economic dynamics of vulnerability resulting from Somalia's long history of predatory development and asset stripping. To prevent poor households' regular return to sub-subsistence income levels after a brief period of plenty, this paper argues that aid agencies should reorient and expand existing interventions to assist …
Facing famine
In 2011-12, Somalia experienced the worst famine of the twenty- first century. Since then, research on the famine has focused almost exclusively on the external response, the reasons for the delay in the international response, and the implications for international humanitarian action in the context of the "global war on terror." This paper focuses on the internal, Somali response to the famine. Themes of diversification, mobility and flexibilit…
Somalia's evolving political market place
Somalia has a long history of famine and humanitarian crisis. This article focuses on the years 2008-2020, during which governance and aid practices changed substantially and which include three crisis periods. The article examines whether and how governance analysed as a political marketplace can help explain Somalia's repeated humanitarian crises and the manipulation of response. We argue that between 2008 and 2011 the political marketplace was…
The Livelihoods Gap
A 'livelihoods gap' has become evident in international aid delivery to Somalia. Existing aid interventions do not address the economic dynamics of vulnerability resulting from Somalia's long history of predatory development and asset stripping. To prevent poor households' regular return to sub-subsistence income levels after a brief period of plenty, this paper argues that aid agencies should reorient and expand existing interventions to assist …
Facing famine
In 2011-12, Somalia experienced the worst famine of the twenty- first century. Since then, research on the famine has focused almost exclusively on the external response, the reasons for the delay in the international response, and the implications for international humanitarian action in the context of the "global war on terror." This paper focuses on the internal, Somali response to the famine. Themes of diversification, mobility and flexibilit…
Galkaio, Somalia
A better understanding of ‘local’ agreements vis-a-vis national reconciliation processes is a strong current in policy and academic circles, with Somalia acknowledged as a relevant context with a rich history of such processes. This article examines a local agreement reached in Galkaio, a divided city where renewed violence had national implications around the formation of a new Federal system. It explores the role of external mediators, and stra…
Somalia's evolving political market place
Somalia has a long history of famine and humanitarian crisis. This article focuses on the years 2008-2020, during which governance and aid practices changed substantially and which include three crisis periods. The article examines whether and how governance analysed as a political marketplace can help explain Somalia's repeated humanitarian crises and the manipulation of response. We argue that between 2008 and 2011 the political marketplace was…
Sustaining the post-agreement peace – Galkaio, Somalia
This article examines the implementation and evolution of the 2017 peace agreement in Galkaio, a divided town in central Somalia marking the border of clan and state boundaries. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and a trans-scalar peacebuilding framework, the study explores how peace has been sustained through adaptive mediation, local political agency, and the revival of customary law (xeer), rather than formal institutions or international oversig…
Somalia’s Fragmented Logics of Public Authority and Transnational Conflict
Somalia is frequently referred to for its fragmented political and territorial dispensation. The article examines the case of Jubbaland, presented as one of the fragments of public authority within the country’s wider tapestry of political order. The article shows how Jubbaland is itself an ambiguous and fragmented political entity which can also be conceived as a ‘transboundary formation’, constituted by the transborder Ogaden clan linking Ethio…
Development economics (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · African history and culture analysis (2 works) · Clan (2 works) · Computer security (2 works) · Corporate governance (2 works)